Former Veha Factory Hotel and Residential Development, Wicklow

Application details

Planning reference

2460825

Council

Wicklow County Council

Proposal description

Development comprises of: 1. Demolition of all existing buildings on the site 2. Construction of a mixed use development comprising of the following uses: (a) A 116 no. bedroom hotel of circa 5,214 sq.m gross with a height of five storeys plus rooftop plant, and including ancillary hotel facilities including bar, restaurant and business centre. (b) 107 no. residential units in a mix of houses (28 no.), townhouses (60 no.) and duplexes (19 no.) with a total residential floorspace of 12,492 sq.m gross. The overall residential mix is: 12 no. one beds, 5 no. 2 beds, 78 no. 3 beds and 12 no. four beds. There will be 16 no. three bed and 12 no four bed houses, 60 no. three bed townhouses, and 12 no. one beds, 5 no. two beds, and 2 no. three bed apartment duplexes. House Type 1, Townhouse Type 1, Townhouse Type 2, and Duplex Type 2 are three storeys in height. House Type 2 and Duplex Type 1 are two storeys in height. (c) The provision of own door offices of circa 223 sq.m and a shop/café of circa 160 sq.m in a single block of 2 storeys in height (d) A creche of circa 454 sq.m in a two storey building. 3. A total of 216 no. surface car parking spaces (including visitor, accessible and EV charging spaces), comprising of: 6 no. spaces for the creche, 3 no. spaces for the shop/café, 3 no. spaces for the own door offices, 66 no. spaces for the hotel, and 138 no. spaces for residential. 4. A total of 72 no. bicycle parking comprising of: (a) 28 no. spaces for the duplex units; (b) 28 no. spaces visitor/public in sheltered bicycle storage; (c) 6 no. spaces for the hotel. (d) 4 no. spaces for the office use (e) 2 no. spaces for the shop/café (f) 4 no. spaces for the creche 5. Open space comprising of: (a) 4,200 sq.m public open space including pocket parks and playgrounds; (b) 598 sqm of communal open space to serve the duplex units. 6. 2 no. new vehicular access The Murrough Road, 1 no. for the hotel and 1 no. for the residential units. 7. Infrastructure works to serve the proposed development to include the internal road network, ESB substations/switchrooms, PV panels, green roofs, lighting, site drainage works including pumping station, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground. A Natura Impact Statement is submitted to the Planning Authority with this application

Location / address

The former ‘Veha’ factory, West of The Murrough Road to the north of Wicklow Town, Wicklow Co. Wicklow

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

23 Dec 2024

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

18 Jun 2025

Final grant date

22 Jul 2025